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Book Synopsis Brief History of Akron's Lighter-Than-Air Society ... by : Sondra Lee Snider
Download or read book Brief History of Akron's Lighter-Than-Air Society ... written by Sondra Lee Snider and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Lighter-Than-Air Society Collection by :
Download or read book The Lighter-Than-Air Society Collection written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis When Giants Ruled the Sky by : John J. Geoghegan
Download or read book When Giants Ruled the Sky written by John J. Geoghegan and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost everything you know about airships is wrong. Between 1917 and 1935, the US Navy poured tens of millions of dollars into their airship programme, building a series of dirigibles each one more enormous than the last. These flying behemoths were to be the future of long-distance transport, competing with trains and ocean liners to carry people, post and cargo from country to country, and even across the sea. But by 1936 all these ambitious plans had been scrapped. What happened? When Giants Ruled the Sky is the story of how the American rigid airship came within a hair's breadth of dominating long-distance transportation. It is also the story of four men whose courage and determination kept the programme going despite the obstacles thrown in their way – until the Navy deliberately ignored a fatal design flaw, bringing the programme crashing back to earth. The subsequent cover-up prevented the truth from being told for more than eighty years. Now, for the first time, what really happened can be revealed.
Book Synopsis Akron Aviation by : James I. Pryor II
Download or read book Akron Aviation written by James I. Pryor II and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone loves a good adventure story. The history of Akron aviation provides all the real-life pathos of any adventure novel. It all began in 1875, when a young farmer named Jack C. Johnston launched himself and his balloon on one of the wildest flights ever recorded. In 1906, John Gammeter, an Akron inventor, built his own airplane and began making regular flights over the city. In Akron, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company saw the future of air commerce and would go on to write its own chapter in aviation history on a global scale. The story of Akron aviation is one of incredible triumphs and unspeakable tragedies. It is the story of men and women determined to conquer the air. Akron aviation matured along with the city, and the two intertwined to become a major influence in northern Ohio as well as the country.
Download or read book Scientific Ballooning written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Airships in International Affairs 1890 - 1940 by : J. Duggan
Download or read book Airships in International Affairs 1890 - 1940 written by J. Duggan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-09-25 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the unique psychological appeal of the airship worldwide and shows how this appeal was exploited for ulterior political purposes. They were used by Count Zeppelin to advance German militarism, American Admiral Moffett to fight US Army aviation ambitions, British Lord Thomson to foster Socialism and strengthen Empire ties, Mussolini to promote Italian Fascism, Stalin to foster world Communism, and Hitler to promote Nazi ideology. As airships roamed worldwide, so they carried these political influences with them.
Download or read book Lighter Than Air written by Tom D. Crouch and published by . This book was released on 2009-03-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of balloons and airships, from Archimedes' discovery of the principle of buoyancy to the present day.
Book Synopsis When Giants Roamed the Sky by : Alanson Dale Topping
Download or read book When Giants Roamed the Sky written by Alanson Dale Topping and published by Ohio History and Culture (Hard. This book was released on 2000 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the career and contributions of Zeppelin designer Karl Arnstein and chronicles the growth of the airship industry in the early decades of the 20th century. Tells the story of Arnstein's education and his move from Germany to the US, and his work for a company that became a major defense contractor in WWII. Includes bandw historical and personal photos, and color illustrations. Topping worked for Goodyear Aerospace Corporation and Bell Aerospace-Textron. Brothers is a freelance journalist. He succeeded Topping as editor of Buoyant Flight. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author :C. Michael Hiam Publisher :ForeEdge from University Press of New England ISBN 13 :1611686970 Total Pages :273 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (116 download)
Book Synopsis Dirigible Dreams by : C. Michael Hiam
Download or read book Dirigible Dreams written by C. Michael Hiam and published by ForeEdge from University Press of New England. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the story of airshipsÑmanmade flying machines without wingsÑfrom their earliest beginnings to the modern era of blimps. In postcards and advertisements, the sleek, silver, cigar-shaped airships, or dirigibles, were the embodiment of futuristic visions of air travel. They immediately captivated the imaginations of people worldwide, but in less than fifty years dirigibleÊbecame a byword for doomed futurism, an Icarian figure of industrial hubris. Dirigible Dreams looks back on this bygone era, when the future of exploration, commercial travel, and warfare largely involved the prospect of wingless flight. In Dirigible Dreams, C. Michael Hiam celebrates the legendary figures of this promising technology in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuriesÑthe pioneering aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, the doomed polar explorers S. A. AndrŽe and Walter Wellman, and the great Prussian inventor and promoter Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, among otherÊpivotal figuresÑand recounts fascinating stories of exploration, transatlantic journeys, and floating armadas that rained death during World War I. While there were triumphs, such as the polar flight of the Norge, most of these tales are of disaster and woe, culminating in perhaps the most famous disaster of all time, the crash of the Hindenburg. This story of daring men and their flying machines, dreamers and adventurers who pushed modern technology toÑand often beyondÑits limitations, is an informative and exciting mix of history, technology, awe-inspiring exploits, and warfare that will captivate readers with its depiction of a lost golden age of air travel. Readable and authoritative, enlivened by colorful characters and nail-biting drama,ÊDirigible DreamsÊwill appeal to a new generation of general readers and scholars interested in the origins of modern aviation.
Book Synopsis A Centennial History of Akron, 1825-1925 by : Historical Committee (Akron, Ohio)
Download or read book A Centennial History of Akron, 1825-1925 written by Historical Committee (Akron, Ohio) and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Airship ROMA Disaster in Hampton Roads, The by : Nancy E. Sheppard
Download or read book Airship ROMA Disaster in Hampton Roads, The written by Nancy E. Sheppard and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 1921, Major John G. Thornell and his crew were detailed to Italy to procure a new experimental airship for the United States Army Air Service. Stationed at Langley Field in Hampton, the ROMA never lived up to expectations despite being heralded as the future of military innovation. Tragically, it crashed and erupted in a ball of fire in 1922, claiming the lives of thirty-four of the brave men aboard. Author Nancy E. Sheppard reveals the forgotten, harrowing story of one of the last great airships and those who sacrificed for the promise of a new era in aviation.
Book Synopsis National Recreational, Sporting, and Hobby Organizations of the United States by :
Download or read book National Recreational, Sporting, and Hobby Organizations of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Parris Island: "The Cradle of the Corps" by : Eugene Alvarez
Download or read book Parris Island: "The Cradle of the Corps" written by Eugene Alvarez and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-05-21 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original 1983 manuscript written by Eugene Alvarez, who is the primary author of this book, included the years 15621983. The current and revised manuscript was edited and updated by Leo J. Daugherty III, PhD, in cooperation with the primary author, and covers the years 1997 to 2015, including chapter 6, dealing with recruit training in the 1920s and 1930s, which was a part of his doctoral dissertation at the Ohio State University. Since this work was first completed, Parris Island has undergone numerous changes in buildings, the base layout, and recruit training. The training philosophy has been altered as society demands. Thus, past training situations and methods should be observed as recorded in the chronological approach of the text to present times.
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Book Synopsis Empires of the Sky by : Alexander Rose
Download or read book Empires of the Sky written by Alexander Rose and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Golden Age of Aviation is brought to life in this story of the giant Zeppelin airships that once roamed the sky—a story that ended with the fiery destruction of the Hindenburg. “Genius . . . a definitive tale of an incredible time when mere mortals learned to fly.”—Keith O’Brien, The New York Times At the dawn of the twentieth century, when human flight was still considered an impossibility, Germany’s Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin vied with the Wright Brothers to build the world’s first successful flying machine. As the Wrights labored to invent the airplane, Zeppelin fathered the remarkable airship, sparking a bitter rivalry between the two types of aircraft and their innovators that would last for decades, in the quest to control one of humanity’s most inspiring achievements. And it was the airship—not the airplane—that led the way. In the glittery 1920s, the count’s brilliant protégé, Hugo Eckener, achieved undreamed-of feats of daring and skill, including the extraordinary Round-the-World voyage of the Graf Zeppelin. At a time when America’s airplanes—rickety deathtraps held together by glue, screws, and luck—could barely make it from New York to Washington, D.C., Eckener’s airships serenely traversed oceans without a single crash, fatality, or injury. What Charles Lindbergh almost died doing—crossing the Atlantic in 1927—Eckener had effortlessly accomplished three years before the Spirit of St. Louis even took off. Even as the Nazis sought to exploit Zeppelins for their own nefarious purposes, Eckener built his masterwork, the behemoth Hindenburg—a marvel of design and engineering. Determined to forge an airline empire under the new flagship, Eckener met his match in Juan Trippe, the ruthlessly ambitious king of Pan American Airways, who believed his fleet of next-generation planes would vanquish Eckener’s coming airship armada. It was a fight only one man—and one technology—could win. Countering each other’s moves on the global chessboard, each seeking to wrest the advantage from his rival, the struggle for mastery of the air was a clash not only of technologies but of business, diplomacy, politics, personalities, and the two men’s vastly different dreams of the future. Empires of the Sky is the sweeping, untold tale of the duel that transfixed the world and helped create our modern age.
Book Synopsis Iron Rails in the Garden State by : Anthony J. Bianculli
Download or read book Iron Rails in the Garden State written by Anthony J. Bianculli and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating stories of New Jersey's rich railroading history